"What happened to her?"
I asked.
The Keeper looked towards the broken floor.
"She escaped."
Silas's jaw tightened.
"Tell her how."
The Keeper didn't answer.
"Tell her."
"Caelum."
Clarissa recoiled.
My pulse jumped.
"Caelum freed her?"
"Yes."
The Keeper nodded slowly.
"The Thirteenth Guardian helped Lysandra escape."
Everything connected.
Caelum.
Lysandra.
Veyr.
The erased history.
"That's why Caelum was called a traitor."
"Partly."
I stared.
"Partly?"
The Keeper looked at me.
"Caelum didn't only free Lysandra."
The chains around him began glowing.
He grimaced.
"He discovered..."
Silver fire spread across his chest.
Silas stepped forward.
"Father."
The Keeper continued.
"...that someone among the Guardians had deliberately allowed Veyr to speak beyond his pr
